ESPN Inc.

ESPN Inc.

Company type	Joint Venture
Industry	Sports broadcasting
Founded	July 14, 1978 (1978-07-14)
Founder	Bill Rasmussen
Headquarters	Bristol, Connecticut , United States
Key people	George Bodenheimer (Executive Chairman) John Skipper (President)
Owner	Disney Media Networks (1996–present; 80%) Hearst Corporation (1990–present; 20%)
Website	espn.go.com

ESPN Inc. is an American sports media conglomerate based in Bristol, Connecticut. Jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share), it owns various sports broadcasting operations, including cable channels, a sports radio network, an accompanying website, and other assets.

ESPN markets itself as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports". Most programming on ESPN networks consist of live or tape-delayed sporting events, sports news programming, sports talk shows, and original series and documentaries.

Assets

Television

• ESPN (1979–present)
• ESPN International (1989–present)
• ESPN2 (1993–present)
• ESPN Australia (1995–present)
• ESPN Brasil (1995–1999, partnered with TVA; 1999–present, wholly owned by ESPN Inc.)
• ESPNews (1996–present)
• ESPN Classic (1997–present)
• ESPN PPV (1999–present)
• CTV Specialty Television/The Sports Network, Inc. (2001–present, owns 20% of this subsidiary of Bell Media)
  • TSN – five feeds
  • RDS
  • RDS2
  • RDS Info
  • ESPN Classic Canada
  • Through CTV Specialty Television, ESPN also has an indirect interest in several channels operated in partnership with Discovery Communications. ESPN is not believed to be directly involved with these operations.
• ESPN Films (2001–present)
• ESPNU (2005–present)
• ESPN Goal Line (2010–present)
• ESPN 3D (2010–2013) – Closed
• ESPN Plus, also called ESPN Regional Television
• Longhorn Network (2011–present, joint venture with The University of Texas at Austin and IMG College)
• SEC Network (2014–present)

Radio

• ESPN Radio (1992–present)
• ESPN Deportes Radio (2005–present)
• ESPN Xtra (2008–present)
• LRI710 ESPN 107.9 (2010–Present)
• Rádio Eldorado ESPN (2007–2011)
• Rádio Estadão ESPN (2011–2012)
• KESN (FM 103.3, Dallas-Fort Worth)
• KSPN (AM 710, Los Angeles)
• WEPN-FM (FM 98.7, New York City)
• WEPN-AM (AM 1050, New York City)
• WMVP (AM 1000, Chicago)
• ESPN TalkSPORT (2012–present)
• WEEI-AM (AM 850, Boston; operated by ESPN Inc. under a local marketing agreement with its licensee, Entercom)

Internet

• ESPN.com (1993–present), flagship site
• ESPN3 (2005–present), known as ESPN360.com from 2005–2010
• ESPN Motion (2003–present), broadband video
• WatchESPN (2011–present), known as ESPN Networks from 2010–2011
• espnW.com, focusing on women
• ESPN.mobi, mobile site
• ESPN Deportes.com, Spanish language
• ESPN.com.br, Brazil
• ESPN FC, soccer, formerly ESPN Soccernet
• ESPNF1.com, Formula 1
• ESPNcricinfo, cricket
• ESPNScrum.com, rugby union
• EXPN.com, extreme sports
• SportsCenter.com
• ESPNBoston.com
• ESPNChicago.com
• ESPNDallas.com
• ESPNLosAngeles.com
• ESPNNewYork.com

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, ESPN has been owned and operated by British Telecommunications PLC since 2013. However, most of the content shown on the ESPN channel in the United Kingdom is regulated by its owners in Bristol.

Other

• ESPY Awards (1993–present)
• ESPN The Magazine (1998–present)
• The ESPN Sports Poll (1994–present)
• ESPN Broadband (2002–present)
• ESPN Books (2004–present)
• ESPNU.com (2005–present)
• ESPN Deportes La Revista (2005–present)
• ESPN Integration (2006–present)
• ESPN MVP (2006–present, 2006–2007 as Mobile ESPN)
• ESPN Online Games (2006–present)
• ESPN Wide World of Sports (2010–present)
• College football bowl games owned by ESPN Plus
• X Games (1995–present)

See also

• ESPN on ABC
• A+E Networks, also co-owned by Disney and Hearst